NightShift_Jess

I realize this post is rather old but I'm a nightshift CNA on a mother baby unit at a rather large hospital. As techs we float between secretary duties, tech duties and nursery tech. As techs on the floor our responsibilities are taking babies temps, doing babies first baths, we also weigh the babies every morning starting at 0500. Swaddling babies if parents need help. We set up all the new incoming admission's and make baby cribs. Restock the cabinets. As tech in the nursery we are responsible for calling L&D and asking the parents who they have picked for a pediatrician. We are also responsible for calling and notifying any pediatricians of new babies born throughout our shift. We don't do circs on night shift that's usually only during the day. But if we do have a random circ at night or early in the am we assist with setting up the sterile field and getting everything ready for the pediatrician. We give baby sweeties on our finger during the circ to keep them calm. That's more so a dayshift issue though. We also do both floors of babies bilirubin levels in the am and chart them in epic for the nurses. As secretary we answer the call lights and attend to patients needs, answer the unit phone, make new admission booklets and crib cards, restock nourishment rooms, and help the floor techs with baths in the morning as well as we all split the weights between the two floors. Good Luck